5 months ago I bid the project to strip urethane finish and repolish marble in residential foyer and powder room. Sensing problems and difficulty stripping the floor I bid very high praying that customer never calls me. Guess what, she called and she offered to strip the finish by herself. I agreed to refinish the marble afterwords and accepted the project with some other things like cleaning her ceramic floor in kitchen and fixing some grout issues. Now, when we already done with those other things, she backed out of the stripping job and wants us to do it.

So I got few questions for you to help me do that stinky project most efficiently.

1. Can you strip Minwax polyurethane wood floor finish using something other than methylene chloride?

2. Can I use black pad for stripping (I have to hone it at minimum 220 grit anyway to remove possible scratches)?

3. What would you use other than black pad?

4. Can that finish be ground off with lets say 100 grid metals and can that be quicker than stripping?

5. What past experience did you have with similar projects and what I have to be aware of?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS Waiver to sign about paint, woodwork and fumes is almost ready.